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23 hours ago, Stillearly said:

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Kind of the Governor to give advance notice.  In Rayong they shut it down immediately for 2 weeks.  No warning or chance to stock up.  I'm guessing it's to make sure no one tries to go ahead with Songkran parties even though the holiday has been officially delayed.

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For a bit of speculation, how  long do you think the following changes will last in Pattaya/Thailand:

10:00pm to 4:00am curfew.

Pattaya embargo starting at 2:00pm today.

Reduced opening hours for shops.

Hotels closed.

Restaurants only doing take aways.

Bars and agogos closed.

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On 4/7/2020 at 12:14 PM, roomark said:

Mate of mine in Phuket just sent me this this morning.

 

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If it wasn't for the tourism industry in Phuket those squinty eyed fucks would still be trying to catch fish with their hands. Scum.

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Just back from a look see at the checkpoints north of Pattaya Tai. First stop was the Sukhumvit/Hwy 36 roadblock, but when I got there, there was nothing to see.

This is the view looking back towards Pattaya, just after the turn off to enter Hwy 36, which is on the left in this pic.
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And no checkpoint for those coming into Pattaya from Hwy 36 either.
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Near Soi 25 there was an unmanned checkpoint.
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3240 they were checking people coming in, but not leaving Pattaya.
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Same for those coming in on Hwy 7. You have to pass through a checkpoint on the way in, but saw no checkpoint for leaving Pattaya.
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Soi Siam Country Club Road they were checking people coming and going, which seems odd as all one would have to do to avoid the long line of vehicles leaving is use Hwy 7.
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Over on Nern Plub Wan traffic was being diverted to the soi that cuts over to SCC Rd.
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There are numerous sois that you can take from Sukhumvit to the railroad. I decide to check out Soi 57, which is one I use several times a week as a shortcut over to the darkside on my bike rides. No surprise to find they have that barricaded off, but I encountered a bit of drama there.

The guys on the motorbikes saw me ride up and take a pic from about 25m away. They then ignored me and went back to their conversation, but as I was putting my camera away a Thai woman walked out on the other side of the barricade, saw me and started yaking at me in Thai. I got the gist of what she was on about by her hand waving, which was her trying to get me to come to the other side of the barricade and then ride up to the SCC Rd checkpoint to reenter. I should mention I was on a bicycle which I could have lifted over the barricade, but wondered if was on a motorbike if she would have given me the same grief.

I told her as best I could that I wasn't going to do that as I was still in the "green zone". I also told her I lived in Pattaya and was going home now. I then started to ride away but heard her continuing to shout out to me. Fortunately there was someone that lived in the neighborhood that spoke passable English. He was also someone I've said hi to a few times before during my rides through the soi. Anyway he calmed her down without further incident.
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The final shot is a distant shot from Sukhumvit looking up Khao Noi to the roadblock there.
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While I think these checkpoints are pointless, if they must, then it would make more sense checking people coming into Pattaya rather than leaving. That's what I thought they might end up doing when I saw the unmanned checkpoint on Sukhumvit and only inbound checking on 3240 and Hwy 7. So what was the point of checking people leaving on SCC Rd when there's a big freaking hole in their checkpoint system just north of there.

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7 hours ago, KWA said:

For a bit of speculation, how  long do you think the following changes will last in Pattaya/Thailand:

10:00pm to 4:00am curfew.

Pattaya embargo starting at 2:00pm today.

Reduced opening hours for shops.

Hotels closed.

Restaurants only doing take aways.

Bars and agogos closed.

How long is a piece of string?

I would say certain to be extended throughout May and then some aspects relaxed gradually region by region depending on results being considered successful or not.

I am sure that the Thai government will want to get Thai's working again as soon as possibe. When tourism restarts depends upon what happens in the rest of the world.

Realistically, it is going to be months before anything like normality returns to Pattaya. It will be a new normality as well which we may well not like or even recognise.

I am just hoping I will be allowed to travel back to Pattaya by the end of July to renew my retirement visa. I do not want to have to discover what additional obstacles may apply in the local Immigration office here in Mae Sot.

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^^^ If only they knew, all they had to do was detour off Hwy 7 on to Hwy 36 and then on to Sukhumvit and it would have been clear sailing into Pattaya with no checkpoints.

Like I said in an earlier post, I don't see this as lasting long since Sukhumvit is a major north/south corridor for through traffic. Perhaps if the new bypass to Sattahip was open they could have made this work, but not now when the only road to divert to is the railroad road.

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47 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

^^^ If only they knew, all they had to do was detour off Hwy 7 on to Hwy 36 and then on to Sukhumvit and it would have been clear sailing into Pattaya with no checkpoints.

Like I said in an earlier post, I don't see this as lasting long since Sukhumvit is a major north/south corridor for through traffic. Perhaps if the new bypass to Sattahip was open they could have made this work, but not now when the only road to divert to is the railroad road.

blkovked off now i think u will find, all diverted onto the railway road.

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f me the warning has been everywhere.  each car stopped occupants all out and checked.  i cant believe so many people thougght they werent  affected.   myst be crazy.  i am getting calls of 2-3 hr queues.

it will last for sure.  this has been on the cards for a while and was well planned.  this morning nothing and at 2, all side roads onto the railway blocked,   and checks in place.  i did Easst germany before the weall came down.. reminds me of that

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, tommy dee said:

f me the warning has been everywhere.  each car stopped occupants all out and checked.  i cant believe so many people thougght they werent  affected.   myst be crazy.  i am getting calls of 2-3 hr queues.

it will last for sure.  this has been on the cards for a while and was well planned.  this morning nothing and at 2, all side roads onto the railway blocked,   and checks in place.  i did Easst germany before the weall came down.. reminds me of that

 

 

 

They do love a good crackdown do the old Thais...... :default_fish:

Anyway following on from Tom's post ...

West Germany or East Germany ?

North Korea or South Korea?

North Vietnam or South Vietnam? ......... anyone still think Socialism is a good idea apart from the not lamented Abbott and of course Corbyn.  ????

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